Darning and weaving device



April 9, 1929. -J. E. BALDRY 1,708,860

Patented Apr. 9, 1929.

JOHN E. BALDRY, OF ELhIGLEWOOD, MISSOURI.

DARNING AND WEAVING DEVICE.

Application filed May 31,

My invention relates to darning and weaving devices, and particularly toa: device of this character for clarning and weaving a patch in fabricmaterials, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive device for mending articles of clothing by combiningfacilities for darning and weaving patches therein.

I attain these objects and other advantages to by means of the partsillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a top planof a device embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical elevation of the device, and showing thesupporting member in section, on line 2 2, on Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan of the blank from which the weaving member is formed.

Figure 4 is a cross section of the weaving member, on the line 4-4:, onFigure 2.

Similar numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a circular supportingmember,

preferably a circular block of suitable material, such as wood, and thelike, having-a converted upper face adapted to receive the fabricarticle to be mended and a yielding hand 2, preferably a spiral spring,which is seated in an annular groove 3 circumferentially in the saidmember, said band being adapted to hold the piece of goods 4 havingtherein a hole 5 to be mended by the darning and weaving device as ishereinafter ex plained.

A weaving member 6 consisting of a hollow triangular shaped elongatedbody provided with a series of transverse slotted apertures 7alternating as to their length with respect to position and adapted toreceive therein warp threads 8 to be woven with the woof threads 9carried by a needle 10 which functions as a shuttle and as a darningneedle to fasten and darn the threads 9 in weaving and darning a patch1]. to cover the hole 5. The one end portion of the weaving member isformed as for a tube in which a smoothing device 12 is fitted, thetubular portion.serving to'facilitate the handling of the member. Theother end portion of the member is cut away to form of the cut awayportions a fin- 1927. Serial Ito. 195,414.

ger portion 13 having therein a curved slotted aperture forming athread. cutter 14:. The weaving member is made of a metal sheet 15 whichis blanked and apertured to form the slots 7 and the cutter lt as wellto describe the contour of the finger portion 13 and the blanked portionformed up upon the dotted lines 16 to form a three sided body, as shownin section in Figure t. The side edges of the folded sheet are securedby solder or in any other suitable manner and the sides of the body are,for the most part, formed slightly concaved. See Figure l.

To use the device the fabric to be mended is placed upon the upper sideof the Supporting member with the hole therein in proper position to bepatched. Then the band 2 is placed over the overhanging portions of thefabric and seated in the annular groove 3, thus smoothly stretching thefabric upon the upper side (if the supporting member. The warp threads 8are stitched in the fabric and extended across the hole therein andspaced apart a distance corresponding to the spaced relation of theslotted apertures 7 in the weaving member. The weaving member is thenintroduced between the alternate threads of the warp and the threadsentered into the slots, so that the threads will be arranged therein asshown in Fig. 2. Then the needle 10 carrying the thread 9 is shuttledacross between the warp threads and stitched in the fabric. Then theweaving member is rocked to lie upon its. opposite side, thus reversingthe arrangement of the warp threads, where-- upon the needle is shuttledback between the warp threads to the other side of the hole and thethread carried by the needle stitched in the fabric. This operation ofweaving and darning is continued until the hole in the fabric has beenpatched. At the end of the weaving the weaving member is withdrawn andthe patch finished by suitable darning, after which the patch issmoothed or ironed out by using the smoothing device in the end of theweaving member. The cutter 14 is sharpened to cut thread or yarn as itmay be drawn into the slotted aperture forming the two edges of thecutter.

Having described my invention what I claim is In a daruing and weavingdevice, the com-- 1 bination with the article supporting member, of aweaving member associated with the article supporting member, saidweaving member consisting of an elongated triangular 5 shaped hollowbody having a series of off-set transversely slotted-apertures toreceive the warp threads and reverse their relativeorder when theweaving member is rocked on the supporting member and provided at itsone end with a finger portion having a thread 10 cutting slottedaperture therein.

Dated Kansas City, Mo., May 23rd, 1927.

JOHN E. BALDRY.

